Ascii85

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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
 
Generic Ascii85 data often has a "<code>&lt;~</code>" prefix, and a "<code>~&gt;</code>" suffix, but this is not universal. Evidently, in PDF and PostScript, only the suffix is usually present.
 
Generic Ascii85 data often has a "<code>&lt;~</code>" prefix, and a "<code>~&gt;</code>" suffix, but this is not universal. Evidently, in PDF and PostScript, only the suffix is usually present.
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There is also a [[uuencoding]]-like format, delimited by lines that begin with "<code>xbtoa Begin</code>" and "<code>xbtoa End</code>".
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==

Revision as of 02:38, 6 February 2015

File Format
Name Ascii85
Ontology
Ascii85, or Base85, is a binary-to-text encoding. It is similar in concept to Base64 and Uuencode. It is often used in PDF and PostScript files, and rarely anywhere else. There are several varieties of it.

Identification

Generic Ascii85 data often has a "<~" prefix, and a "~>" suffix, but this is not universal. Evidently, in PDF and PostScript, only the suffix is usually present.

There is also a uuencoding-like format, delimited by lines that begin with "xbtoa Begin" and "xbtoa End".

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